Broadcom

R&D Staff Engineer Software

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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deliver software and firmware for datacenter-scale solutions.
  • Own projects across the full lifecycle, including firmware, microcode, device drivers, embedded Linux builds, control software, validation, customer trials, field issues, and product sustainability.
  • Perform silicon, chip, board, and full-system bring-up and low-level debugging.
  • Develop software for hardware interfaces and buses including I2C, PMBus, AVSbus, MDIO, PCIe, SPI, USB, and SERDES.
  • Implement secure boot, u-boot, Secure Root of Trust, and related security architecture.
  • Drive system-level testing, validation, and automation.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering teams and partner engineering organizations.
  • Work with Sales, Marketing, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Compliance, Safety, and Sustainability teams.
  • Provide technical mentorship or lead a small team when applicable.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering.
  • At least 8 years of related experience.
  • Experience developing C++ or C software for large-scale, complex x86 and ARM multiprocessor architectures.
  • Experience with Linux/Yocto, OpenBMC, and/or ZephyrOS.
  • Deep expertise in silicon, chip, board, and full-system bring-up, driver development, and low-level debugging.
  • Hands-on experience with I2C, PMBus, AVSbus, MDIO, PCIe, SPI, USB, and SERDES.
  • Strong knowledge of Redfish and DMTF standards, including MCTP, PLDM, and SPDM.
  • Experience with secure boot, u-boot, Secure Root of Trust, and architectures such as Calyptra.
  • Knowledge of datacenter networking, switching, and NIC architectures.
  • Expertise with debugging tools, testing techniques, system validation, and automation.
  • Demonstrated ownership of complex products from inception through volume production.
  • Small-team leadership or proven technical mentoring experience is beneficial.

Benefits

  • In-person work arrangement.
  • Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus.
  • Competitive new-hire equity grant and potential annual equity awards, subject to applicable plans and agreements.
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401(k) participation with company matching.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program and Employee Assistance Program.
  • Company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation time, and applicable paid family and other leaves.

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About Broadcom

10,000+ employees

Broadcom builds semiconductors and infrastructure software used in networking, wireless, broadband, storage, data centers, and enterprise IT. It sells chipsets to OEMs and cloud providers and licenses/subscribes infrastructure software for mainframe, cybersecurity, and private cloud environments. Headquartered in Palo Alto, it is a public company (NASDAQ: AVGO) and expanded its software portfolio by acquiring VMware in 2023.

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